A discussion about domain names and website builders. Chris Sheridan has been in the domain name business since the late 90s and is now head of channel sales for Weebly. On today's show, he gives his opinion on what's going on in the domain business, ... Continue Reading4 Comments
Archives for December 2016
Google’s Waymo domain strategy and what it says about domain choices
· UncategorizedJoseph Peterson takes a look at what domains Waymo registered...and didn't. Google's not God. MarkMonitor's no Moses. Thou shalt not treat Alphabet's domain registration patterns as the 10 Commandments. Yet it's interesting to look at what they've ... Continue Reading15 Comments
What domains Tinder and other end users bought last week
· Domain SalesHookup app buys name for its new venture arm, but ccTLDs dominate the charts. Sedo has always been #1 when it comes to country code domain names, and this week is a case in point. Nine of the 16 end user sales I identified were country code domain ... Continue Reading2 Comments
Powerley.com owner hit for reverse domain name hijacking
· Policy & LawCompany filed UDRP against domain name registered over a decade before it claims rights to the brand. Insight Energy Ventures, the company that offers home energy management systems at Powerley.com, has been found to have engaged in reverse domain name ... Continue Reading2 Comments
ICANN wants to return to Puerto Rico, but don’t hold your breath
· UncategorizedICANN reschedules Puerto Rico meeting for March 2018. ICANN plans to return to Puerto Rico for its March 2018 meeting after moving the Fall 2016 meeting due to concerns over the Zika Virus. Whether or not you agree with ICANN's decision to move this ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Donuts acquires .Irish top level domain name
· Domain SalesDonuts has 198 top level domain names after acquiring .Irish. Back in May, Donuts CEO Paul Stahura told me his company would love to acquire more top level domain names. He was just waiting for TLD operators to have "sane" price ... Continue Reading1 Comment
Q&A with Rich Merdinger, new chairman of The Domain Name Association
· UncategorizedMerdinger named interium chairman of the DNA. Rich Merdinger, a longtime GoDaddy employee who is currently VP of Domains for the company, has been named the interim chairman of The Domain Name Association. I reached out to Merdinger to learn more about ... Continue Reading3 Comments
Rex Tillerson goes on defensive domain buying spree…a couple days too late
· UncategorizedHe buys some typos, but someone else snags his name in .com. This week, Donald Trump announced that Exxon CEO Rex Tillerson will be his nominee for Secretary of State. Yesterday, someone acting on behalf of Tillerson registered a number of typos and ... Continue Reading3 Comments
After one year hiatus, GoDaddy is back in the Super Bowl
· Domain RegistrarsGoDaddy will advertise in next year's Super Bowl game to promote a new product. GoDaddy sat out the Super Bowl last NFL season for the first time since 2005. It will be back as an advertiser this season, the company announced today. Instead of ... Continue Reading3 Comments
Neustar (NSR) to go private in $2.9 billion deal
· UncategorizedDeal comes ahead of revenue plunge due to losing lucrative contract. Domain name and marketing analytics company Neustar (NYSE: NSR) has entered into a deal to be acquired by private equity firm Golden Gate Capital in a transaction valued at ... Continue Reading4 Comments